Kodansha is set to release their fourth Medarot manga reprint through their Re:ComicBonBon imprint. Collecting Horuma Rin’s Medarot 3 manga, Medarot: The Ikki Collection Volume 3 will be available in Japan on February 23rd, 2015 at an MSRP of 1,080yen and a page count of 288. Like previous Re:ComicBonBon releases, this new collection features an original cover drawn by Horuma Rin. Read the rest of this entry »

Following up the release of the first volume in October, Kodansha’s Re:ComicBonBon label published Medarot: The Ikki Collection Volume 2 today (December 22nd, 2014). The 280 page book compiles the third and fourth volumes of Horuma Rin’s Medarot 2 manga. For this release Horuma Rin created a new cover image. The MSRP for Medarot: The Ikki Collection Volume 2 is 1,000 yen.

The Medarot 2 manga ran in the monthly Comic Bon-Bon anthology magazine back in 1999. The four collected volumes tell an alternate take on the story found within the first anime series. Medarot 2‘s manga adaptation was drawn by Horuma Rin and it is the only manga in the franchise published outside of Asia. In 2002, Viz Media released the manga in North America. Pika Édition published a French version the following year. Read the rest of this entry »

The Australian classifications board put up a new listing on November 26th for Medabots AX: Metabee Version, mirroring what happened to Medabots: An RPG Adventure in August. Like the 2014 entry for that game, this release received a PG rating and is credited as being published by Nintendo and authored by Natsume. This should be in preparation for a Gameboy Advance Virtual Console re-release on Wii U. Read the rest of this entry »

Rocket Company and Delta-Arts published Medarot 8, the latest entry in the robot-battling RPG series on August 28th in Japan on the Nintendo 3DS. Now that the game has been out for a few months, it’s about time to reflect on how the latest outing performed.

Japan’s most popular gaming magazine Famitsu reviewed the title. Their four editors awarded the game a total score of 31/40, or split as 8/7/8/8. This is the best result an RPG entry has seen from the outlet, topping the 30/40 scores granted to Medarot Navi, DS and 7. However this is a single point decline from last year’s Medarot DUAL, the action spinoff developed by Jupiter. Each of Famitsu’s four reviewers each gave that game an 8.

In a rare English review, Bri Bri of Japanese 3DS gave the game a 7 out of 10. Praise was directed toward the robot customization while the length of battles drew criticism. Overall he felt that Medarot 8 “is a really fun game with good (not great) visuals, an excellent soundtrack and a wonderful array of characters.” Read the rest of this entry »

Kodansha’s Re:ComicBonBon label published a collected release of the first Medarot manga in June of 2013. Due to that book’s success, the company announced that the manga adaptations of Medarot 2 through 4 would also see collected releases under the Ikki Collection label. The release date for the first volume, which will contain half of Medarot 2‘s manga, is scheduled for October 23rd. The book will cost 1,000 yen and features a new cover designed by Horuma Rin.

The Medarot 2 manga ran in the monthly Comic Bon-Bon anthology magazine back in 1999. The four collected volumes tell an alternate take on the story found within the first anime series. Medarot 2‘s manga adaptation was drawn by Horuma Rin and it is the only manga in the franchise published outside of Asia. In 2002, Viz Media released the manga in North America. Pika Édition published a French version the following year. Read the rest of this entry »

Kotobukiya announced today that their KBT-00M Metabee and KWG-00M Rokusho model kits are set to receive another production run this November. These two originally launched in 2012 as part of Kotobukiya’s Medarot DS line.

The Australian entertainment ratings board put out a curious new entry for Medabots: Rokusho. Described as being published by Nintendo and authored by Natsume, the listing went live on August 18, 2014. Given the name, one has to imagine this is referring to Medabots: An RPG Adventure, the 2003 Gameboy Advance remake of Medarot 2. Games are re-rated in preparation for a digital re-release. Given Nintendo is listed as the publisher, this should be for a Virtual Console title on the eShop. Currently the Game Boy Advance Virtual Console is restricted to Nintendo’s Wii U home console. Read the rest of this entry »